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Sterling - Arnold V Shield, rosettes
| Issuer | County of Loon |
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| Year | 1289-1290 |
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| Currency | Gros (1190-1366) |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Arnold V of Loon issued this sterling in direct imitation of the English penny — a deliberate monetary strategy that allowed Flemish and Lotharingian lords to participate in the high-quality silver trade currency that dominated northwestern European commerce in the late thirteenth century. The County of Loon, wedged between the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the Duchy of Brabant, had limited independent monetary reach, making these imitative issues a pragmatic solution rather than a prestige project.
Arnold V died in 1292 without male heirs, and Loon was absorbed into Liège shortly after — making this a product of the county's final years of genuine autonomy.